Dag Nasty

Données clés
Pays d'origine	États-Unis
Genre musical	Hardcore mélodique, punk rock, emo, post-hardcore
Années actives	1985–1988, 1992, 2002, 2012, depuis 2015
Labels	Revelation Records, Epitaph Records, Giant Records, Dischord Records
Membres	Shawn Brown ; Brian Baker; Roger Marbury; Colin Sears
Anciens membres	Peter Cortner; Dave Smalley; Doug Carrion; Scott Garrett; London May

Dag Nasty est un groupe punk rock, punk hardcore et hardcore mélodique américain, originaire de Washington.

À la base le groupe est composé d'ex-membres de Minor Threat et de Bloody Mannequin Orchestra. Au cours de ses quatre années d'existence, le groupe connaîtra d'incessants changements de lineup. Ainsi Dag Nasty sera la terre d'accueil de futurs membres de groupes prestigieux (Descendents, Bad Religion, Down By Law...). On parle souvent de Dag Nasty comme du pionnier du mouvement punkcore mélodique. En effet, le groupe est caractérisé par des sonorités plus mélodiques et accessibles que celles de groupes comme Black Flag ou Minor Threat par exemple.

↑ (en) Brian Kraus, « 16 Modern Precursors Of Melodic Hardcore », sur Alternative Press, 22 juin 2014 (consulté le 27 avril 2015) : « We're not talking about the obvious keystones (Descendents, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Lifetime, Embrace)... »
↑ (en) Steven Blush, American Hardcore : A Tribal History, New York, Feral House, 2001, 333 p. (ISBN 0-922915-71-7), During the 'Revolution Summer' of '85 many harDCore types reinvented themselves. 'Emo,' for emotional post-Hardcore, described the move to softer, more emotive music, embodied in Ian [MacKaye]'s project Embrace, Brian Baker's Dag Nasty, Thomas Squip's Beefeater, Kingface with Mark Sullivan, Bobby Sullivan's Lunchmeat, and Rites of Spring with Guy Picciotto and Eddie Janney.
↑ (en) Greenwald, p. 14. Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, Embrace, explored similar themes of self-searching and emotional release. Other peers followed suit, including Grey Matter, the archly political and arty Beefeater, and Fire Party, whom Jenny [Toomey] termed 'the world's first female-fronted emo band.
↑ (en) Brian Cogan, The Encyclopedia of Punk, Sterling, 2008, 66–67 p. (ISBN 978-1-4027-5960-4).
↑ (en) Thomas Erlewine, « Dag Nasty », Allmusic (consulté le 23 décembre 2010).

[1] (en) Brian Kraus, « 16 Modern Precursors Of Melodic Hardcore », sur Alternative Press, 22 juin 2014 (consulté le 27 avril 2015) : « We're not talking about the obvious keystones (Descendents, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Lifetime, Embrace)... »

[Blush,_157-2] (en) Steven Blush, American Hardcore : A Tribal History, New York, Feral House, 2001, 333 p. (ISBN 0-922915-71-7), During the 'Revolution Summer' of '85 many harDCore types reinvented themselves. 'Emo,' for emotional post-Hardcore, described the move to softer, more emotive music, embodied in Ian [MacKaye]'s project Embrace, Brian Baker's Dag Nasty, Thomas Squip's Beefeater, Kingface with Mark Sullivan, Bobby Sullivan's Lunchmeat, and Rites of Spring with Guy Picciotto and Eddie Janney.

[Greenwald,_14-3] (en) Greenwald, p. 14. Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, Embrace, explored similar themes of self-searching and emotional release. Other peers followed suit, including Grey Matter, the archly political and arty Beefeater, and Fire Party, whom Jenny [Toomey] termed 'the world's first female-fronted emo band.

[Dag_Nasty_EOP-4] (en) Brian Cogan, The Encyclopedia of Punk, Sterling, 2008, 66–67 p. (ISBN 978-1-4027-5960-4).

[allmusic-5] (en) Thomas Erlewine, « Dag Nasty », Allmusic (consulté le 23 décembre 2010).

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Membres	Shawn Brown Brian Baker Roger Marbury Colin Sears
Anciens membres	Peter Cortner Dave Smalley Doug Carrion Scott Garrett London May